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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16

SOME French philosopher has given to the world maxim, the substance of which is that there is in the misfortunas of others consolatory alleviation of our own. The feeling is not high-toned one, but per- haps it is, nevertheless, human. We are complaining here of the want of an hospi- tai for relief of the sick and afflicted by accident; but we find, and certainly with out any abatement of our own sense of privation, that in another city of this most religious State, the same grievance is felt and deplored The Meriden 'Journal, J quoting our article of few days ago on the Hospital question, says that the matter of good intentions and funds in hands that ought to be in stone and mortar and hos pital appliances, etc., Units Meriden first rate. Our contemporary adds: "The latest report about the Meriden hospital l was that the lady managers of the fund were talking of 8 minstrel benefit entertain ment at the Opera House similar to that given years ago."
 | THE crisis is not over in France, and it may yet come that the barricades shall be resorted to and the difficulties of the situa- tion only readjusted by 8 revolution "What great events from trivial causes spring." and France, more than any other country, is fruitful of examples. It has been we'll observed that the unanimous &C., quittal of M Wilson, the son-in-law of ex- President Grevy, of the unjust charges brought against him, served to show to what interruptions lengths the spirit of faction is capable of going in France. Out of this harmless affair political crisis was produced which led to the compulsory res 1 ignation of the President. It is quite probable, says contemporary, that very few of the Monarchist or Radical leaders believed that M Wilson was guilty of any of the offences with which he stood charged but the scandal gave them weapon against the Republic, and they eagerly seized upon it in reckless disregard of the consequent ces
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16

after independence is no new exercise of opinion and expression in great men and great minds in the Dominion. There have been-we believe still are-able periodicals pronouncedly declaring Canada for the Canadians with sufficient suggestivene ss between the lines of the most labored arti- cles that annexation to our great Republic would be an acceptable alternative to the freedom of Home Rule. For our part we do not see that the Dominion has much to complain of; save for that pinchbeck link of the Crown, the Governor Generalship, England's rule is unfelt and unknown; the Parliaments::- Dominion and Provincial are independent-the is no veto power in the Imperial Parliament over the water there is no British soldier quartered with in the confines of the Confederation, and with the exception of the mockery of the governorship there is no foreign control,
 but the preserved right of appeal from Dominion Law Courts to the Privy Coun cil in London.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16

ALTHOUGH" says the Philadelphia Record" |" "the American Federation of Labor now assembled in Baltimore may at tract less public attention than the Con- vention of Republican Clubs in New York, the former is much the more interesting and important body" True. In their aims and deliberations the two assemblies present strong contrasts. The Federation of Labor consists for the most part of toil- CTS; the Convention of Republican Clubs is mainly composed of working politicians While the formerer are endeavoring to bet ter their social condition and that of thei1 fellowmen, the chief aim of the latter is te live by getting office.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16
N. H. < H. Railroad Time Table,

Trains Leave Waterbury as Follows: New fork-5yso. ses. 1o.5a a. m: 2.4a, 7.sI D. m.:
 Sunday. AIS D. m.
 Return ,. $. a m; l, {. 5.35 D m. New Haven-5.S0. Sa6 Io5s a. m: ass rsr nm.
 Return. 7.i5. 9.5s a. m., s.so. 5.ss. 700 D. m. Bridgeport-s0 s-s6. 1osa a. m.; 2. sa, 7.sI: Sun
 day, 1. Is p. m.
 Return 7I5, a.s6 a. m: ssI, SAG. 1.ss D. m.;
 Sunday, T.5o a. m- Ansonia-5so. s;ss. 1o.a B. m, s4s. 7.sI p. m.:
 Sunday, 415 D. m-
 Return, 1.a. 10 B a. m: sos G ss sIs m m:
 Sunday, s.a6 a- m. Watertown-65o 50, s5s. II 9 a. m.: 4Io 6i5 rss D.
 m: Saturday. BIS D. ID.
 Return 63O T.55, 10 i5 a. m: a07 s3o GAS
 ?. m. Saturday, 500 D. m- Thomaston-s4s, n.I7 a. m.; s57. 7.io p. m.; Sun day. 9.l0 a. m. Return. 7.5s. Io.e7 a. m: sIa. 657 D. m Sunday, 3.5o D. m. Torrington-s4s 1f-17 a. m; 3.57, 7.io D. m: Sun day. 2. 10 a. m. Return, -7.si. Io.oi a. m: I.4s. 6as D. m: Sunday. 3.25 D. m. Winsted-s4s 1l.l7 a. m; 3.57, 7.Io D. m.; Sunday e10 a. m- Return. 7.Is s.4o a. m: 1so. s.Io D. m.; Sun day, 3.0o p. m. Freight trains with passenger accommodation. O. M. SHEPARD, General Sup.t CT. HAMPSTEAD. General Pass Agent.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09

The name gives us a hint of Mr. Campbelrs
idea As the nautilus and other deep water
creatures rise or sink by expansion or con-
traction at will, so he designs the torpedo
boat 70 do. In the hull of water
tight vessel are placed metal cylinders
or drums, which can be drawn in or projected
far out by the crew. An outward extension
vastly Increases the displacement Of water
and the vessel rises, while drawing in the
drums makes the specific gravity much
greater in proportion to bulk, and so the
vessel sinks. The inventors claim that their
boat can he lowered or raised at will and at
any desired speed, can be propelled at ten
knots an hour and will carry pure air enough
10 supply six men under water for three DAYS
The Nautilus il cigar shaped. 90 feet long and s
feet wide aInidships and built of steel three
eighths OF an inch thick The motive power
Is in storage batteries, working electric en-
Cine<, which run twin screws without noise
They claim that they can go around a large
vessel at will and out of sight, attach the tor
pedo where and a: what hour Of lay or night
they wish, and in case of accident unship the
ballast ISiGts instantly and come to the sur
face Ike cork. II the experiments now
making prove successful it is expected that
the British government will at once order
several such vessels of various sizes. Full
i:ngth and cross sections are shown in the
1t
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09

/ His bundle of umbrella fragments is always
large and apparently Of no value whatever.
Sometimes you suspect him of magnificent
enterprises i'll the line of dark vlllainy: hs
seems so far above his merchandise intellect
ually. But even III that you will he disap-
pointed. He is as destitute OF wicked az
of commendable brilliance. Umbrellas, after
all, are his level How lie can extract enough
money ont Of them to keep his unambitious
soul in his iidoen. body is something no other
man can find oct
You will not see him on Fifth avenue The
residents Of that aristocratic street do not
have their umbrellas ncnded He will fash
past you ON Fourteenth street, and OCCASION
ally on Twenty third You never s.e him at
work; and for the life Of you you cannot help
but wonder how he subsists on umbrella
sticks
Down town, on Nesey and Greenwich
streets and lower Broadway you will see him
in the summer sitting in shady places, not
working, but dreaming. Where or when he
works | can never say, not having seen him
engaged at his extraordinary art In the
country, In silent, sleepy villages. he would
lie sure of 81 of sci worth Of work during a
season; but here, where nobody takes the
time to have anything meuded, know not
how he and the wolf manage to keep away
from each other
Was he always an umbrella mani Well,
be was born handy" with tools-had fac
ulty for tiEkerinG, and tinkcrs are altogether
too versatile to reach great heights in any
one direction. He was born "shftless,r too;
would rather eat a crust at his own time and
place than fare sumptuousiy every day and
pay for the same i'll steady toll
He is nomadic in his instincts. The
tastes of the Gypsy are in him.
He drifts outside of the city sometimes
and bring hack the murmurs of brooks and
the signing Of the trees 10 bless the hours when
he rests idly in some dirty bit OF street shade
Down about the wharfs the umbrella man
wanders. The rude life of the waters e,i.e.
has u charm for him. The Battery park sees
q good deal Of him when the sun is warm OH
the land and the air comes cool and sweet
over the bay. He carries some pleasant pict-
ures Of boyhood with him, too. Sometimes
he has been great Traveller, rather u great
drifter-has drlfted half or clear around the
world and back again. While his physical
eyes are on his dismantled umbrellas his inner
eyes are roaming the earth, peering into old
corners which he has seen, been pleased with
and finds joy i'll remembering.
And so his life goes on-most Of il passed
where high respectability cannot even look
over the fence. He dies, of course, sometimes;
but another like him takes his place, and the
great procession moves on.
GERTRUDE GARRISON.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09
Two Well Coddled Horses.

| was talking the other day with a
gentleman who has recently returned from
Russia. When in St. Petersburg he had
an opportunity 10 visit the cars stables,
where may b. found nearly 500 Of the most
remarkable horses in the world. In the i'm
perial stables the gentleman saw the two
horses which We're attached to the late
cZar's carriage when the bomb which
caused his death was exploded. The ami
mails were not killed, rs the bomb eX-
ploded under the rear axle ot the carriage.
Some Of the shell, however, severely
wounded these once handsome creatures.
They are both badly SCARED, lame and Of
course, utterly useless. Four grcoms il
uniform devote their entire time to the
charge of these horses. They have never
been harncssed since the tragic death of
the ruler Of all the Russias, but are eyer
CIT ed every morning by the grooms The
clJths that cover them are Of silk, and
they are given rs much care as men. The
carriage is likewise on exhibition In huge
ylass case. 1t was an ordinary carriage,
and the back part of it, 10 ether with the
spokes of the hind wheels, was completely
blown ont. The front part was not greatly
injured Washington Cor. Philadelphia
Press.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09

world II has taken possession OF Australia.
Now Zealand and Chicago. In this latter
place the cable is laid four and five feet deep,
10 as t0 he beyond the reach Of frosts The
tube where the cable is laid is heated by
steam: and thus the snow is melted.
Chicago is ahead of New York in this, as
In great many other things And try to
cali the attention of that best and most
humane Of oil good men to a few facts.
Henry Bargh cannot afford to have l0, 900
horses daily beaten and bulied through the
streets of his great city when there is such al
opportunity 10 let them rest or enter upon
some higher employment II was only such
money makers as ourselves who reiucet tie
horse to slavery. The horse that job de-
scribei had never Yet bowed his proud and
noble neck to the yoke He was never
known TO draw burdens of old time He bore
his master in battle, and who was truer than
he!
Go to Chicago and see our California cable
cars In operation there. They travel at
the rate of ten miles an hour in the less
crowded streets Where the streets are
crowded they make only six or eight. Acct
dents: Fewer than where horses are used
Because your cable never becomes frightened
and unmanageable Ihave seen as many as
sixty persons all comfortably seated, on a
single cable car in Chicago You see, the driver
of the cable car stands ut the head and in be
tween double row of people sitting back TO
bacS- All this space is taken up by the
horses and dashboard and driver in the old
fashioned and cruel way where horses are
used. And then the litter snd dirt from the
Thousands of your car horses used daily in q
city! And. oh, the cruelty, the crueltyi
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09
OSTRICH FARMING.
HOW A CALIFORNIA OSTRICH FARM
IS CONDUCTED.
Cost and Profit Of the eExperimcnt-what
the Big Birds Eat and How They Are
Cared For-rheir Great Talent for
Racing,

Especial CnrreSpondencel
Los ANGELES, March 26-This palm land
about which the poets write So impassionedIy
and tell of its ladies with ewes held down.
has developed a new and interesting industry
-ostrIch farming. A car load Of the big
birds from Africa arrived here recently, and
1t was sight to see them escorted to their
future home. The royal fowls We're attended
by some MadraStse men and women, as the
people of that tribe and ostriches get on
better together than any others
The Sketchley ostrich farm is six miles on.
of the city. 1t is succeeding so well that
several Others will doubtless be ATTEMPTED be-
fore long. One other has been started. How
ever, ostrich farming Is an experiment that
requires some capital, as "a full grown pair
of birds Is worth from 500 To $500, and a
single young one six months Old cannot be
bought for l"ss than $50, and often costs 500
Dr. Sketchiey was one of the pioneers in
ostrich farming i'll Africa He spent many
Years there in the business and Was very SUE.
cessful He Is the author of several books On
the ostrich and the best method OF making
him profitable. He visited Los Angeles, was
Delighted with the climate and determined tC
see what 1t would do for his favorite birds
The result Is his profitable farm of sixty acres,
on which are thirty parS Of beautiful, full
grown birds, and ever so many young ones.
All the big birds he imports directly from
Africa, landing them at Galveston. The doc
tor finds that California ostrich farming sue.
ceeds even better than he expected. The os-
triches are as healthy as in Africa and far
more prolific in eggs and feathers-results,
too, due {" fniS soft, delicious climate, which
Increases the productive power Of all animals.
Each big bird weighs from go TO 4G
pounds ami Is from eight to twelve feet high
The male is black and is much the larger:
the female Is gray. The white ostrich feath-
Prs, so beautiful and so expensive, are found
On both the male and female birds among the
lose feathers Of the wings and tail 1t is
their rarity which makes them SO much de
Ired, for experts consider them, in some re
'perts, inferior to the other featherA
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09
Topography of Dakota.


SkSKrOS March GA curious feature
OF the topography of Dakota is found
in the fact that the course Of some
Of the longest rivers is apparently the
result Of mere accident For instance, fol
lowing up the james liver from its mouth, a
little east of Sankton. We find the rise so ZEN
tie that the stream has no perreptihle cur
rent, and 10 miles north Of here it comes so
near Devils lake that on small map it
seems To rise in that body of water In fact
It heads - miles west Of it. and within can
non shot is the Shyenne Both run eastward
and but few miles apart till they pass
the lake, then southeast on nearly
parallel lines to the North Pacific: then both
jog cast few miles, turn south again on the
same east and west section line and draw
nearer together till they reach latitude 4i 20
cegs, where the Shyenne again turns east
end then northeast to the Red river The
james river is said to he the longest non
naviSahle stream in the world At this point
its course Is still in a wide trough, but some
eighty miles north Of here We at last reach the
summit level from which the streams flow in
all directions, From that level the slope is
gently westward 70 the fertile valley along
the northeast base Of the Coteau du Missouri
Enthusiastic rRnchers describe ali that valley
as the finest strip of land in America, and
though not Yet surveyed or open TO pre-
emptors, it is thickly populated with cattle
ranches even 10 the head of Riviere de Laos.
The universal testimony is that the climate is
miller by Mt least ten degrees than IL i. 200
miles southeast; the drying winds of March
remove the snow so early that farmers SOW
wheat while the snow is still heavy on the
line of the North Pacific
There Is a strange variation in the degree Of
cold at adjacent places on the same parallel
Thus at DulIth the average is at least five
degrees warmer than at Jamestown: and 100
or 200 miles northwest of this place it is
warmer still, the accepted explanation being
that the Chinook winds" from the
Pacific flow through the low passes in tue
northern section of the Ro ky mountains and
carry some of their warmth down along the
eastern base of the big coteau jamestown
is in sort Of trough; but it is colder here than
on higher lands TO the northwest. Yet it is
the universal statement that one does not suf-
fer here as much as in Chicago. Its SO dry,
you know" is the explanation
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09
The Nautilus.
Special Correspondents. !

WASHINGTON, April As fast as one class
Of inventors improve gunboats and arrnored
vessels another perfects torpeloes and other de-
structive engines. Scarcely is gunboat pa
radei a invincible when a new torpedo is an
nounced with the boast that nothing atioat
can withstand 1t. The eyes of England are
on Us, Of course, and decidedly their most
wonderful achievements i'll the line Of naval
warfare are the product Of the past year
An engraving of the Nautilus, a sub
marine torpedo boat lately completed by
Messrs- Fletcher & Fearnall, of Loncion, is
here presented The principle Of the thing is
the invention of Mr.. Andrew Campbell, but
the practical application Of it in this case is
due TO Messrs. Edward Wolseley nd c. E.
Lyon. who designed this boat
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09

Said silver slim dude, with emphasis rude,
Of daIns<l ahead whom he swiftly pursued,
Now this rain will l USE
As n clever excuse
To share her umbrella and capture her mood.
For the style OF her dress and her trimmings
express
She's n maiden Of taste and Of fashion, guess;
If il isn't quite grace
In her motions / trace,
There is strength, which is better, I'm bound to
confess.
"Now," he said, will make q dashing old
break;
Clear the track! Now hope she went give me
th, shake"
Then he sIrang TO her side
Great Heaven" he cried,
Excuse Inc" he stsmmerei, I've made a mis-
take"
Cried the maiden, "Whooroo! What IS the MATHS
wild your
Come av ye lOlke, there be shelter for two;
am taking jaunt
To the corner beyent
Ts gst few mUpAiss 70 put n uss shssw.''
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09
DEACON bED0TT
WRITTEN BY HIS WIDOW.

He never jawed in all his life,
He never was unkind.
And tthongh say 1t, who was his wife)
Such men are hard to find.
| never changed my single lot.
| thought 'twould be sin:
| thought 50 much of Deacon Bedott
never got married again.
If ever he spoke a word in heat
lis anger soon was Ger
He always dressed in garments neat
That came from J. NJ Knote's store.
4 wonderful tender heart he had
That felt for all mankind;
He told his friends that honest goods
At J. NJ Kuote's store they'd find.
Whisky and rum he tasted not;
Twas sinful. suppose;
And, being saving. Deacon Bedott
Went To J. NJ. Knote's for his clothes
But. poor man. he died all the same.
Ny grief can't control
He left good clothes and an honest name
His widow 10 console.
The finest, most complete and cheapest
Line of overcnats, gloves and underwear
In Springfield is at J. NJ Knote's
Globe Clothing House. l3 east Main st.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09
The UMBRELLA MEMBER.
Picturesque FiGur. in Low Life In
New York.
Special Correspondence.l


NEW YORK, April i.-Thc umbrella mender
OF New York i a picturesque figure, who
arouScs ones interest Mt II glance. About him
fingers look Of dignity. OF the ghost Of dig
nifty, which may have held sway III vanished
days His face argues one into the belief
that he is statesman in diSguiSc very poorly
disguised, too II wears an air OF submission
to the inevitable that moves one like a
French drama A degraded splendor hangs
about him. InstinctIvely one places him
among the pathetic pictures Of memory.
Very often he has n tall and princely figure,
as well as face that would not put sena-
torial halls 10 shame.
Yet the umbrella mender is disappoint-
ment when YOU talk with him. The hidden
greatness you accre1it him with is not in
him His unShaven, picturesquely handsome
face has no brains behind it, He was born to
look what is not Art has nothing 10 DO with
1t. either. Nature attends To all of it. She
had her eye on his uses 10 artists when she
male him.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09

Mistakins the door young Mr.. Cipher
walked into the dentists Office insteed Of the
doctors. Doctor he groaned, I'm in bad
shape Ny head aches all the time and | can't
do ANYTHING with it" YES, yes," said DR.
Toothaker cheerfulIy II see; big cavity in
it; must be hollow; you will need to have il
fllsd." And seeing his mistake young Mr..
Cipher apologizel and went out and told it
all around as capital good joke on the Den
tist--Burdette, in Brooklyn Eagle.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09
Cruelty OF New York Drivers.


Let NE tell you an incident. | went on to
New York last year TO spend the holidays
with my family. On New Years eve was
down town, where my work and trade as
scribe took me to note the stir and display and
spltrdor of the great crowded city. | started
homo up town, in the horse car had seat
at first, but | soon swapped it of to a pale
woman with a baby for the end OF q
strap. An IriShman soon got his hob nailed
heel located on my left foot and
refused to be disturbed, for he was dead
drunk. The rocker of a hobby horse struck
mo under the eye and made it black for =
week. The pain was so dense and dreadful
that it was almost intolerable. Finally, on
the curve before the Fifth avenue hotel, We
stuck III the snow and sluSh and the driver
fell to beating his horses And then one Of
them fell, and striking his nose on the edge
OF the truck, cut his lip open and broke OF
some of hSteeth- l got out i'll front with great
effort and tried to help the driver, who was
drunk, too drunk to do anything at all but
swear and beat his horses with the butt of his
whip. He finally struck the bleeding horse.
still on his knees, but trying 10 get up, in the
eye and knocked it out. At this l called a
policeman But the people i'll the car re-
monStratcd, protesting that they wanted TO
get bone, and that 1t was none of my busi-
hess anyhow
And 81 | walked on, with my heart in my
throat, having had my pockets picked mean-
time of a handkerchief and poem But
looked hack over my shoulder. the horse was
still on his k!reS, MS eye hanging down out
OF the gray, hollow socket AMI the drunken
man raining blows on hi, head and scattering
the blool over the SNOW
AMI this i daily thing in that great
city. Brrgh cannot h" cSegl where. But
he can, lacked by public sentiment com
pei the ear "o,niI....s Of New Nu., t. keep
pace with The civilization amI advancement
OF thi, nrw Llli - r.N 's.i here hy the
Golden Gatc. l., t:ar fr".I .'r. M..ier.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09

The New Orleans Southwestern Chris
tian Advocate, newspaper for negroes,
says that according to its observation the
great mass of white persons, when talking
with each other, say negro" the low
bred say niGger), hut when speaking to
negroes they say ''coiorcd people" which
is the same Us to say: You are negroes,
but cater to your foolish pride in saying
colored." We can stand, and prefer"
says The Advocate, Ito be called negroes
all the time, for the simple reason that We
are negroes. New York Sun.